Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
I'm trying to turn off, what is right for us
We don't give a fuck anyway
Don't try to steal imagination from us
Things we believe and we will never betray, never betray
Those who have the power to
Suck us dry, throw us away
Those who never could create
Destroy the music of today
Those devoid on any feeling
Those who make the compromise
Betray themselves to make a deal
Sell their souls at any price
Sounds without feeling, energy or aggression
From money hungry brains and not from the heart
Fortune, fame and glory are their obsessions
Salesmen, deaf to music, blind to art
No honesty, just sterility
A cautious sound they make without creativity
It's still the same as another age
When they took the words of truth and put them to the flame
No more
Love us or hate us
No more
Love us or hate us
Some have eyes and still can't see
Their plastic noise is anything but music to me
Mechanized and computerized
Switch off your brain and make sounds that dehumanize
No more
Love us or hate us
No more
Love us or hate us
Don't try to take our dreams away from us
We will never be like you
Love us or hate us, it doesn't matter to me
We don't want to be a part of this sick society
Those who have a passion to
Will never change our way of life
We may not think the way you do
But we know that we are right
Those who want to form a world
Of trends and monotony
Will have to do it without us
'Cause we always will be free
We don't give a fuck anyway
Don't try to steal imagination from us
Things we believe and we will never betray, never betray
Those who have the power to
Suck us dry, throw us away
Those who never could create
Destroy the music of today
Those devoid on any feeling
Those who make the compromise
Betray themselves to make a deal
Sell their souls at any price
Sounds without feeling, energy or aggression
From money hungry brains and not from the heart
Fortune, fame and glory are their obsessions
Salesmen, deaf to music, blind to art
No honesty, just sterility
A cautious sound they make without creativity
It's still the same as another age
When they took the words of truth and put them to the flame
No more
Love us or hate us
No more
Love us or hate us
Some have eyes and still can't see
Their plastic noise is anything but music to me
Mechanized and computerized
Switch off your brain and make sounds that dehumanize
No more
Love us or hate us
No more
Love us or hate us
Don't try to take our dreams away from us
We will never be like you
Love us or hate us, it doesn't matter to me
We don't want to be a part of this sick society
Those who have a passion to
Will never change our way of life
We may not think the way you do
But we know that we are right
Those who want to form a world
Of trends and monotony
Will have to do it without us
'Cause we always will be free
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Love Us or Hate Us Lyrics as written by Juergen Reil Trzebiatowski Joerg
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